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Paymenter is a free, open source finance & accounting project written in PHP and released under MIT. It has 2,307 GitHub stars, 494 forks and 74 open issues, and was last pushed 7 hours ago. On this registry it ranks #18 of 34 tracked projects in Finance & Accounting, with 5 head-to-head comparisons available. It gained 11 stars over the last 6 tracked days.

What is Paymenter?

What it is

Paymenter is a free and open-source billing platform built for hosting companies, distributed under the MIT license. It is a PHP application in the Laravel ecosystem, running on PHP 8.3 or higher with Composer, a web server such as Apache or Nginx, and a MariaDB database. The project describes itself as a webshop solution for hostings, combining subscription billing with a customer-facing storefront and an administrative back end in a single codebase. Development is community-driven, with documentation, a live demo, and an extensions directory published at paymenter.org.

The concrete problem Paymenter addresses is billing operations for hosting providers: automating recurring subscriptions, handling orders, and removing the billing chaos that comes with running a service business. Rather than tying a hosting company to a proprietary platform, it offers an extensible codebase that can be modified and integrated with the surrounding tooling a host already runs. Topics attached to the repository — ecommerce, marketplace, hosting, Laravel, Pterodactyl, Stripe — indicate the intended scope: selling hosting products, collecting payment through Stripe, and provisioning or managing services through Pterodactyl.

Key capabilities

  • Subscription billing and automation for hosting products, presented as the core purpose of the platform.
  • Customer-facing webshop, tagged as both ecommerce and marketplace, handling orders and renewals.
  • Administrative panel for managing hosting services, customers, and day-to-day operations.
  • Stripe payment integration, listed among the repository topics.
  • Pterodactyl integration, listed among the repository topics, for game and application server provisioning.
  • Extensibility through an extensions directory and an architecture the README describes as allowing extensive modification and integration with other tools.
  • Self-hosted deployment on a standard PHP stack: PHP 8.3 or higher, Composer, Apache or Nginx, and MariaDB.

Who uses it and how

  • Hosting companies that sell recurring subscriptions and need recurring billing, invoicing, and order management in one place.
  • Providers running Pterodactyl game or application servers, who connect the billing platform to their provisioning panel.
  • Operators accepting payments through Stripe, using the integration rather than building one.
  • Developers extending the platform through its extension system, since the MIT license permits adaptation to specific
project readme (upstream, from github) — read inline

Paymenter Isotype

Paymenter

Open-Source Billing, Built for Hosting

Automate subscriptions, eliminate billing chaos, and grow your hosting business – without vendor lock-ins or hidden costs.

Website · Documentation · Live Demo · Extensions

License Downloads GitHub release (latest by date)

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Paymenter Dashboard

Getting Started

Installation & Documentation

For a detailed explanation of how to install and configure Paymenter, take a look at our documentation here.

Or, get additional help via Community Discord.

Requirements

The requirements for Paymenter are the following:

  • PHP (8.3 or higher).
  • Composer
  • Webserver (Apache or Nginx)
  • Database (MariaDB)

What is Paymenter?

Paymenter is an open-source billing platform tailored for hosting companies. It simplifies the management of hosting services, providing a seamless experience for both providers and customers. Built on modern web technologies, Paymenter offers a flexible and robust solution for your hosting business needs.

Key Features:

  • User-Friendly Interface: Paymenter is designed with simplicity in mind, ensuring an intuitive experience for users of all technical levels.
  • Open Source and Extensible: As an open-source platform, Paymenter encourages community contributions and customization. Its architecture allows for extensive modifications and integration with other tools.
  • Efficient Management: Streamline your operations with Paymenter powerful admin panel, designed to enhance productivity and reduce overhead.
  • Secure and Reliable: Built with security as a priority, Paymenter ensures the protection of your data and transactions.
  • Community Driven: Join an engaged community of developers and hosting providers to collaborate and drive the future development of Paymenter.

Paymenter is available under the MIT license, offering you the freedom to adapt and evolve the platform to meet your specific requirements.

Sponsors

Thanks to all sponsors for helping fund Paymenter's development. Interested in becoming a sponsor?

License

Licensed under the MIT License.

Frequently asked questions

Is Paymenter free to use?

Paymenter is open source under the MIT licence. There is no licence fee and no seat count — you can self-host it or, where the project offers one, pay a vendor for a managed version instead.

What does Paymenter do?

Modern open-source billing platform for hosting businesses

What is Paymenter written in?

Paymenter is primarily written in PHP. Its source is publicly available at https://github.com/paymenter/paymenter, and it has 2,307 GitHub stars.